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1. NEWBORN HEALTH OVERVIEW
• Book: Newborn Care pages 3 – 11.
• PowerPoint presentation: Newborn Care slides 7 – 23.
Materials
• Visual aids: Newborn Care Practices poster, videos, demo dolls.
• Corresponding activities and handouts from Appendices B and C.
• White board, dry erase markers and eraser.
• Pens or pencils.
Introduction and value of the section
Knowing about health care practices empowers parents to take an active role in their child’ s health. By providing parents with valuable information and resources for common and unexpected situations, they will know what procedures to expect and be prepared to make informed health care decisions on behalf of their child.
Preview
• Parents will understand common newborn procedures.
Goals
• Parents will be ready to make health care decisions for their newborn.
• Parents will be prepared for possible health concerns at and soon after birth.
Prior knowledge
None
• How is immediate skin-to-skin contact after birth beneficial?
• What are common newborn hospital procedures? When, why and how are they done? What do parents need to know about agreeing to or declining procedures?
Key questions
• What is circumcision and why is it done? What information do parents need in order to decide whether to circumcise?
• What is jaundice and how is it treated?
• What are the most common newborn health concerns?
• What is a NICU and what is typically involved with a NICU stay?
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